Alain Weill (art critic)

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Alain Weill (born September 7, 1946 in Paris ) is a French art critic and exhibition organizer.

Life

Alain Weill attended the École pratique des hautes études and then studied law. He is a master of semiology and art sociology.

Weill worked as a curator at the Musée de la Publicité in Paris from 1971 to 1983 . From 1990 to 2001 he was artistic director of the Festival international de l'affiche et du graphisme de Chaumont . He is President of the Jury for the European Advertising Awards, EPICA. Weill specializes in advertising posters and poster art and has curated numerous exhibitions on this subject and published books and exhibition catalogs.

Weill has also worked as a gastronomy critic since 1991 , was appointed to juries and wrote magazine articles and books on culinary topics.

Weill was appointed Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1997 and Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite in 1995.

Exhibitions, catalogs and publications (selection)

  • with Andrée Benchétrit, Jacqueline Didier: L'Affiche française des origines à 1914 . Industrial creation center, 1975
  • 100 ans d'affiches des music halls parisiens . 1977. New York: Images Graphiques, 1977
  • Cartes postales Art nouveau, d'affichistes et d'illustrateurs , Éditions Henri Berger, 1977
  • with François Caradec : Le café-concert (1848–1914) . Paris: Fayard, 1980
  • Achille Mauzan . Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, 1983
  • L'Affiche dans le monde . Paris: Somogy, 1984
  • with Jacques Rennert: Alphonse Mucha: the complete posters and panels . Uppsala: Hjert & Hjert, 1984
  • International poster art . Berlin: Frölich & Kaufmann, 1985
  • La Coupole . 1988
  • with Jack Rennert: Paul Colin, affichiste . Paris: Denoël, 1989
  • Affiches Art Deco , Inter-livres, 1990
  • Les havanes , 1990
  • Gunter Rambow - Images Sans Paroles . 1991
  • Jazz, pop, rock ... . Internationales des Arts Graphiques de Chaumont. 1993
  • L'invitation au voyage: l'affiche de tourisme dans le monde . Paris: Editions Somogy, 1994
  • Affiches politiques et sociales: sixièmes Rencontres internationales des arts graphiques . Paris: Somogy, 1995
  • with Heinrich Klotz : Rambow, 1960–96 . Ostfildern: Cantz, 1996
  • Cointreau: the saga de la marque mondiale. 1849-1999 . 1999
  • La mode parisienne: La Gazette du Bon Ton . Paris: Bibliothèque de l'image, 2000
  • with Israel Perry: Chocolate posters . 2002
  • Le Design graphique . 2003. New York: HN Abrams, 2004.
  • Jules-Alexandre Green . 2005
  • Cassandre . 2005
  • 120 ans de Moulin-Rouge . 2010
  • Affiches impertinentes, improbables, incorrectes, insolites . 2010
  • Encyclopédie de l'affiche . 2011
  • The Art Deco affiche . Paris: Hazan, 2013

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Price for poster publishing to Alain Weill (Paris)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , at Institut français , September 24, 2015@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.institutfrancais.de  
personal data
SURNAME Weill, Alain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French art critic and exhibition organizer
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris